Babs

argh! the stock markets! enough already.

Waiting for my kiln to cool down. It's like torture.

argh! the stock markets! enough already.

Shop floor mopped, clay trim reclaimed, wheel head refinished. Clay order on the way. No better way to get re-energized than to re-tool the shop.

My family loves me! My one present this year was a barely used 10 cu ft electric kiln!!

Last day of retail today close at 4 pm and pack up booth and display . Only have 3 packages to ship after Xmas then 2015 is over clay wise

Show opens tonight. It is already set up. Looks beautiful with the work of my two other studio mates. Our work is very different.

Can I have a day off from everything? I want to just stay in my PJs and lounge around and do nothing useful for a WHOLE DAY.

Driving home from 2400 mile show best show of my career so going to to give it up in a year and start slowing down

My last show of the season just finished!!! Jammies: check. Slippers: check. Wine: check. And now to Neflix!

Went to a "Hey Clay" free taster at a local "pottery painting" barn. Made a hand-coiled "funky" xmas tree. Going to dry and fire at home.

Finally got the table top slab roller assembled; now I have to tackle all those compressor fittings and learn to use it, and the guns. Slow going, but better than not being in motion at all!

My house/studio was burned to the ground in the Valley Fire that started very close to my home. Our street was the first to go and my area is totally destroyed. 75% of the homes in my little town are gone. I had over 300 pots ready for fairs and of course, all the pottery we use daily. I’m devastated. I’m hoping I’ll be able to recover some pots that didn’t break/melt, and maybe my kilns? Wheel? The evacuation order hasn’t been lifted yet. With the shards I’ll make a big mosaic wall when we...

This evening is my very first show ever. I'm excited and also slightly terrified! My kiln load yesterday came out beautiful with lots of new designs to sell and my dad helped me build display shelves last weekend. Babysitter is coming soon and after that it's a mad scramble!

spam attact-the largest I have seen so far-3 pages on events page so far and a few radom threads need a ray gun to zap them

Glazing fish today-they take time to get right.

Glaze load last night. Shut off at 3:30am. Tired this morning. Long wait to see what new glaze did.

My kiln is fixed! My kiln is fixed! I learned how to replace power relays!

Por fin! I finally get to finish a lot of raku pieces with the new air pen. I hope it works as well as I think it will.

Currently glazing 83 mugs. BORING!

Finally getting round to casting plaster batts for my wheel. Been putting it off for a long time because I know that plaster will end up where it should not be!

Finally getting round to casting plaster batts for my wheel. Been putting it off for a long time because I know that plaster will end up where it should not be!

Finally getting round to casting plaster batts for my wheel. Been putting it off for a long time because I know that plaster will end up where it should not be!

Finally getting round to casting plaster batts for my wheel. Been putting it off for a long time because I know that plaster will end up where it should not be!

I'm tired of stepping on and over bags of clay, so I'm putting it all in 5 gal. buckets adding water and mixing it up by hand. This includes bags of river clay, stoneware, red earthenware, and anything from the yard or garage. So far its one big tacky mess, but should be ok once I add the sand and gravel and fire this weekend. I have at least two more buckets to collect!!!